TalkTalk hacker Elliott Gunton: Parents acted out of ‘misguided loyalty’

The parents of a teenage hacker acted with a “misguided sense of loyalty” by helping him transfer ill-gotten cryptocurrency, a judge has said.

At Norwich Crown Court, Carlie and Jason Gunton admitted transferring their son Elliott’s criminal property.

Gunton, 19, was sentenced to 20 months in August for hacking offences and money laundering.

Jason Gunton, 45, received a five-month jail sentence and Carlie Gunton three months, both suspended for a year.

Their son, of Old Catton, near Norwich, whose computer was seized during checks by police in April 2018, admitted hacking the telecommunications firm TalkTalk. A stash of cryptocurrency the BBC understands belonged to the teenager was auctioned earlier this week.

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The court heard the couple, of…